2007-09-16 02:51:45 · 28 answers · asked by doctordog1uk 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
If as you are all saying the answer is 0 what happened to the original 3 grapes. Where do they go?
2007-09-16 02:57:24 · update #1
Th question is how many grapes are there. Not how many more
2007-09-16 02:58:38 · update #2
I think that it is a clever way of saying the person ate the grapes.
Eg: I made my breakfast and then multiplied it by zero! Or: Where are all the cookies? I multiplied them by zero. (ie: I ate all of them)
Thanks! I think I will start using this phrase!
2007-09-16 03:01:40 · answer #1 · answered by Rose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3
2007-09-16 10:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends how they do it. Having three grapes is having three grapes times one. They can multiply those grapes by zero in their head, saying, 'no lots of three grapes would be zero grapes'. At the end of the multiplication process, they still have the grapes, because they were only multiplying in the abstract.
At the same time, it would be possible for them to just leave the grapes to rot away. The one lot of three grapes they had becomes zero lots. If they wanted to multiply the grapes, they could plant the grape seeds...
2007-09-16 10:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by Buzzard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0
if a person has 6 grapes.we can say he has 2 sets of three grapes......so 3grapes x 2=6.
so if u have 0 sets of 3 grapes u have totally 0 grapes.
2007-09-16 10:02:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given in the question "If a person has three grapes..."
Therefore, the person has three grapes.
Multiplying by zero is not a "practical" operation. It is a mathematical operation that nullifies any element.
(definition of "zero", in math, is the additive element that leaves any other element unchanged. "1" is the multiplicative identity (multiplying any element by 1 leaves the element unchanged).
A multiplication by zero is an indirect operation involving both identities.
The practical definition of multiplication could go lik this.
The person is making stacks, each containing 3 grapes. The total number of grapes is 3 times the number of stacks.
This type of product used "counting numbers".
If the person makes no stacks (zero stacks), then the total number of grapes in the zero stacks is zero. However, no product is involved. There are no stacks involved therefore no multiplication is involved.
This is the same as saying that zero (in this context) is not a counting number.
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2007-09-16 10:01:15 · answer #5 · answered by Raymond 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
grapes cant be multiplied with zero so 3 grapes x 0 = 3 grapes to eat ...
funny
2007-09-16 11:35:33 · answer #6 · answered by ARC--loves science 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
0 x 3 = 0
If you think about it that way, you already have 1 x 3 grapes, so you couldn't multiply them by 0 anyway. I understand what you're saying though, some mathmatical principles don't seem to make much sense when applied to real situations. Good question!
2007-09-16 10:02:57 · answer #7 · answered by Sally 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You would still have 3 grapes because you have multiplied them by nothing.
2007-09-16 10:17:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The concept of multiplying by zero is theoretical only. No person can actually multiply anything by zero, except by simply removing the original items.
Don't try and complicate numerical theory by blindly applying real-world examples.
2007-09-16 10:06:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a fraction of the threes grapes
2007-09-19 13:56:34 · answer #10 · answered by jose 61 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋